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Executive Order 11880

Designation of officers of the Department of Commerce to act as Secretary of Commerce

Signed by Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. on October 2, 1975.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordOctober 2, 1975

The date the President signed it.

Publication record40 FR 46089

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-11880
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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 11880: Designation of officers of the Department of Commerce to act as Secretary of Commerce." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11880.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 11880: Designation of officers of the Department of Commerce to act as Secretary of Commerce}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11880}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-11880; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1975.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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The order itself

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Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Supersedes EO 11388, January 15, 1968
Amended by EO 12608, September 9, 1987; EO 12998, April 5, 1996
Revoked by EO 13242, December 18, 2001

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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